Event

Central/Western Regional Meeting

August 1-2, 2012Wingate by Wyndham BozemanBozeman, MT

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

9:00 am - 11 amMontana Weatherization Training Center at Montana State University (Optional)
At the Weatherization Training Center, the goal is to train the professionals who are on the ground weatherizing homes every day. Working closely with Montana's Human Resource Development Councils and Tribal associates, they focus on safe, efficient, cutting-edge techniques to address the health, safety, and energy efficiency issues present in low-income housing.

Identify state and regional needs that NASEO can support.
(8 minutes each)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pmNetworking Break

3:30 pm - 5:00 pmState Energy Program Overview and Future Challenges
MODERATOR: David Terry, NASEO
Presenter: Anna Garcia, OWIP Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
This session will focus on the State Energy program, and specifically on:

ARRA closeout issues;

Evaluation, Measurement and Verification;

Challenges regarding FY 13 funding;

Programmatic administrative issues;

2012 NASEO Membership Survey

Other

6:00 pmGroup Working Dinner: EcoSmart House
NASEO will host a dinner for attendees to allow continuation of ideas exchange and information sharing; attendees from the various regions may discuss items of regional concern, such as selection of regional representatives to the NASEO Board, and other items of interest.

ECOSMART HOUSE: A new cutting edge, eco-smart house has just been competed in Bozeman, but the owners don't plan to move in for two years. The house will act as a living laboratory for REHAU, a German-based company that specializes in polymer-based products and MSU. The house took two years to build and is designed to be sustainable and energy efficient. New technologies include the prototype windows that have a special film inside that tints in sunlight. The walls are made of concrete and the home has four different heating systems, all of which will be studied for their efficiency and cost effectiveness over the next two years.
Thursday, August 2, 2012

7:00 am – 8:00 amBreakfast (included with hotel room)

8:00 am – 9:30 amROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Building Energy Codes Initiatives
MODERATOR: Brian Henderson, NASEO Buildings Codes Coordinator
This session will focus on compliance issues in the area of building codes. Learn more about the challenges facing states and the initiatives being developed to address building codes compliance and enforcement.

9:30 am – 10:30 amNetworking Break

10:30 am – 12:00 pmROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Policy Initiatives
MODERATOR: Jim Arwood, NASEO, Southwest Regional Coordinator
Policy initiatives at the federal and state level have impacts on SEOs all across the country. New air regulations will affect electric utilities and presents both challenges and opportunities for the states. Transportation initiatives are becoming more prevalent as more and more states implement policies moving toward natural gas and electric transportation alternatives and infrastructure.

4:30 pm – 5:00 pmFINAL DISCUSSION ITEMS AND ACTION ITEMS
MODERATORS: Jim Arwood, Bill Nesmith, Jim Ploger, NASEO Regional Coordinators
Discussion to focus on policy initiatives at the federal, regional and state levels that could have impacts on SEOs all across the country. From EPA rulings, the WGA theme emphasizing regional energy plans and corridor studies, to clean energy standards and multi-state MOUs on transportation programs, a number of new initiatives have impacts that could present both challenges and opportunities for State Energy Offices in 2013.